Mitchell Hashimoto 因频繁故障将 Ghostty 迁移出 GitHub
Mitchell Hashimoto 宣布将把终端模拟器项目 Ghostty 从 GitHub 迁移出去，原因是 GitHub 近期发生多起服务中断事件，严重影响了开发工作流和协作效率。Hashimoto 表示，这些故障暴露了对单一平台的过度依赖问题，他计划将项目迁移到自托管解决方案或使用其他更稳定的代码托管平台，以确保开发过程的可靠性和可控性。
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